Timeline of Cagliari

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

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Prior to 18th century

Map of Cagliari from Münster's Cosmographia, 1544

• 2nd. half of the 4th millennium BCE - The territory of Cagliari is inhabited by people of the so-called neolithic civilization of Ozieri. Some Domus de Janas were dug in Mount Saint Elias
• 2nd. half of the 3rd millennium BCE - The territory of Cagliari is the core of the Chalcolithic civilization of Monte Claro
• 8th C. BCE - Caralis founded by Phoenicians from Tyre, Lebanon.
• 510 BCE - Caralis occupied by the Cartaginians
• 238 BCE - Caralis occupied by the Romans
• Early 1st C. CE - Granting of the title of Municipium
• 2nd C. CE - Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari built.
• 5th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Cagliari established (approximate date).
• 5th C. CE - Basilica of San Saturnino built.
• 485 - Vandals in power in Sardinia.^(it)
• 533 - Sardinia taken by forces of Justinian I.
• 10th C. - The title of imperial Protospatharios is granted to the Iudex Sardiniae Turcoturios (Tουρκοτούριος), resident in Caralis, by the Byzantine emperors.
• 1020 - Giudicato of Cagliari established.
• 1297 - Pope Boniface VIII invests the Kings of Aragon with Sardinia.
• 1305 - Torre di San Pancrazio (tower) built.
• 1307 - Torre dell'Elefante (tower) built.
• 1312 - Cagliari Cathedral built.
• 1323 - Siege of Castel di Castro begins during the Aragonese conquest of Sardinia.
• 1325
  • December: Battle of the Golfo di Cagliari.
  • Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria construction begins.
• 1326 - Siege of Castel di Castro ends; Aragonese in power.
• 1348 - Black Death plague.
• 1492 - Jews in Sardinia expelled per Alhambra Decree.^(it)
• 1606 - University of Cagliari established.
• 1688 - Population: 17,390.^(it)

18th-19th centuries

• 1714 - Aragonese ousted; Sardinia "assigned to Austria" per Treaty of Utrecht.
• 1720 - Sardinia ceded by the Austrians to the duke of Savoy, in exchange for Sicily.
• 1764 - Palazzo dell'Università (Cagliari) built.
• 1792 - Biblioteca universitaria di Cagliari (library) opens.
• 1793 - Cagliari "bombarded by the French fleet."
• 1804 - Reale Società Agraria ed Economica di Cagliari (learned society founded.
• 1821 - Population: 31,935.^(it)
• 1840 - Giardini Pubblici (Cagliari) (garden) opens.
• 1859 - Circondario di Cagliari (administrative region) established.
• 1871 - Cagliari-Villasor railway begins operating.
• 1879 - Cagliari railway station opens.
• 1883 - Ferrovia Cagliari-Golfo Aranci (railway) begins operating.
• 1889 - L'Unione Sarda newspaper begins publication.
• 1893
  • Trams in Cagliari begin operating.
  • Popolo Sardo newspaper begins publication.
• 1897 - Population: 44,624.

20th century

• 1901 - Bastione di Saint Remy terrace built.
• 1911 - Population: 60,101.
• 1920 - Cagliari Football Club formed.
• 1923 - Stadio Amsicora (stadium) opens.
• 1931 - Population: 92,689.^(it)
• 1933 - Palazzo del Comando legione carabinieri Sardegna built.
• 1943 - Bombing of Cagliari in World War II.
• 1948 - Fiera di Cagliari (fair) begins.
• 1951 - Population: 130,511.^(it)
• 1952 - Trolleybuses in Cagliari begin operating.
• 1961 - Population: 173,540.^(it)
• 1965 - Almanacco di Cagliari begins publication.
• 1970 - Stadio Sant'Elia (stadium) opens.
• 1981 - Population: 219,648.^(it)
• 1990 - Part of 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Cagliari.
• 1993 - Galleria comunale d'arte di Cagliari (museum) active.

21st century

• 2001 - Population: 164,249.^(it)
• 2008 - Cagliari light rail begins operating.
• 2011
  • Mediateca del Mediterraneo (library) opens in the Stampace quartiere.
  • Local election held; Massimo Zedda becomes mayor.^(it)
• 2013 - Population: 149,575.

See also

• History of Cagliari
• List of mayors of Cagliari
• List of bishops of Cagliari
• List of giudici of Caligari, 11th-13th centuries
• History of Sardinia
• Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:^(it) Sicily: Catania, Messina, Palermo, Syracuse, Trapani

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

See also: Bibliography of the history of Cagliari

in English

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Cagliari", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Caralis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
• "Cagliari". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/hvd.hn52jk.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Cagliari", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 3, New York, 1902, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282292{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Cagliari" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). pp. 945–946.
• "Cagliari", Southern Italy and Sicily (16th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912
• Roy Domenico (2002). "Sardinia: Cagliari". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 259+. ISBN 0313307334.

in Italian

• Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Cagliari". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. hdl:2027/njp.32101074983378. (List of newspapers)
• "Cagliari", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1930

External links

• "Archivio Storico Comunale" (in Italian). Comune di Cagliari. (city archives)
• Archivio di Stato di Cagliari (state archives)
• Items related to Cagliari, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Cagliari, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)